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]Number Theory: Will Madhya Pradesh be a landslide for BJP once again?
Published on May 11, 2024 08:58 PM IST
In 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, BJP won a massive victory against Congress. Is BJP all set to replicate its victory in 2024 Lok Sabha elections?
Number Theory: Can RJD win back its dominance in Bihar?
This is last of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The first part explained the 2024 results in Bihar from RJD’s perspective
Published on Jun 28, 2024 10:30 AM IST
Problematics | The perfect capital M
A child writes the capital letter M with two verticals that are perfectly straight but of unequal length. At what point do the two slanting lines meet?
Published on Jun 24, 2024 11:32 AM IST
Number Theory: What do the 2024 results mean for the RJD in Bihar?
This is first of a two-part series which looks at RJD’s political predicament in Bihar. The second part will look at past election results in Bihar.
Published on Jun 24, 2024 08:14 AM IST
Number Theory: What led to the historic heatwave this summer?
This is the first of a two-part series on the ongoing heatwave in India. The second part will look at the factors making the heat wave feel unbearable.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:10 AM IST
Number Theory: The inflation situation in the Indian economy
This is the last of a two-part series on inflation in the Indian economy. The first part explained what the latest inflation numbers mean.
Published on Jun 19, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Problematics | Double or nothing
Your neighbour offers you ₹5 lakh daily while you repay him every day with 1p, 2p, 4p and so on. Should you accept the offer for a month?
Published on Jun 17, 2024 11:13 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding India's fresh inflation numbers
This is the first of a two-part series on inflation in the Indian economy. The second part will put the latest inflation numbers in macroeconomic context.
Published on Jun 17, 2024 09:05 AM IST
Delhiwale: A Joyce walla
Can fiction save a life? It did for a young “jumna paar” poet and music student in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar Phase 3
Published on Jun 13, 2024 07:42 AM IST
Number Theory: Understanding why the 2024 NEET results have sparked controversy
The results of NEET 2024, published on June 4 first grabbed headlines when it was revealed that a staggering 67 students had scored a perfect 720 out of 720.
Published on Jun 13, 2024 07:31 AM IST
Number Theory: India’s consumption inequality in 3 charts
The biggest difference between the expenditure of the top 5% and bottom 5% in rural India was seen in the consumption of second-hand durable goods.
Published on Jun 12, 2024 08:39 AM IST
Number Theory: Monsoon's 1st week has decreased heat only in parts of India
Except Gujarat and southern half of Rajasthan, almost the entire country received some rain during the week.
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 10:11 AM IST
Problematics | To eat ice cream or not to...
Three colleagues dine together at a canteen, but not all of them order ice cream. Who does so, and who does not?
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 05:25 PM IST
Number Theory: Why was Modi's victory margin in Varanasi lower?
Rajiv Gandhi’s 1984 victory margin of 72.2% is the highest ever victory margin for a sitting prime minister contesting a Lok Sabha election.
Published on Jun 06, 2024 08:23 AM IST
Number Theory: The directional shifts that defined the polls
While the BJP has maintained its overall vote share compared to 2019, its median vote share has decreased compared to 2019.
Published on Jun 05, 2024 07:46 AM IST
Number Theory: State of the economy – The opportunities and challenges
IMF projections suggest that India will account for 7% of the global GDP growth between 2020 and 2029.
Published on Jun 03, 2024 09:30 AM IST
Problematics | A boy and his kite
Here is a new version of an old puzzle from Bhaskara’s Lilavati, adapted for Problematics solvers, plus a word puzzle as a bonus
Published on Jun 03, 2024 07:46 AM IST
Number Theory: Decoding BJP’s political fortunes in Uttar Pradesh in 5 charts
BJP is the only political party in Uttar Pradesh to have crossed the 30% vote share threshold since the 1990s.
Published on May 31, 2024 07:56 AM IST
Number Theory: Outliers within the constituencies in Lok Sabha elections
When there is a nationally dominant party, as there was in 2014 and 2019, assembly constituencies within a parliamentary constituencies largely vote similarly .
Published on May 30, 2024 04:14 PM IST
Number Theory: Can BJP do a hat-trick of wins in all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi?
Except in 1967, 1989 and 1991, the party that won a majority of parliamentary constituencies in Delhi always finished first in the Lok Sabha nationally.
Updated on May 30, 2024 02:22 PM IST
Number Theory: How bad is the current heatwave?
The short answer: Very bad, and perhaps too soon in the season, at least in Delhi. Now for the long answer.
Published on May 30, 2024 07:44 AM IST
Number Theory: Are deaths by accidental fires rising in India?
Data from the World Health Organization’s Mortality Database shows that fire-related deaths in India are higher than a lot of countries.
Published on May 29, 2024 08:39 AM IST
Number Theory: SAD and its importance in Punjab's poll contest
The SAD fought the 2022 assembly elections on its own after walking out of the National Democratic Alliance on the issues of three contentious farm laws.
Published on May 28, 2024 07:47 AM IST
Problematics | The mathemagic of dice
Here’s a magic trick that involves rapid addition of numbers on a set of dice. Can you work out the short cut involved?
Published on May 27, 2024 01:31 PM IST
Number Theory: Can BJP edge past BJD in bitter Odisha contest?
The BJD contested its first election in Odisha in alliance with the BJP in 1998. However, it parted ways and contested on its own in 2009.
Updated on May 27, 2024 09:55 AM IST
Number Theory: Can Congress stage a comeback in Haryana?
The BJP’s vote share in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Haryana was a massive 58%, the second highest in the history of the state.
Updated on May 24, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Number Theory: Can AAP-Congress alliance hurt the BJP in Delhi?
When the AAP fought its first Lok Sabha elections in 2014, Delhi saw its most multipolar Lok Sabha contest since 1991.
Published on May 24, 2024 08:57 AM IST
Number Theory: Has heat tread the heels of polling this election?
The average polling day maximum for the sixth phase parliamentary constituencies is 44.5°C compared to the national average of 39.3°C.
Published on May 23, 2024 08:58 AM IST
Number Theory: The caste calculus of NDA and INDIA in Uttar Pradesh
Have the NDA and the INDIA bloc fielded candidates from the same or different caste category/castes in parliamentary constituencies?
Published on May 22, 2024 09:08 AM IST
Number Theory: Can NDA retain its dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan region?
All ten parliamentary constituencies (PCs) in what is described as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are voting on Monday
Published on May 20, 2024 11:07 AM IST
